1881 Queanbeyan colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Queanbeyan on 27 January 1881. The election was triggered by the resignation of James Thompson, taking up the government position of Railway Land Valuator.

Candidates

 * John Gale was the publisher of a local paper, The Queanbeyan Age.


 * Percy Hodgkinson was a surveyor, land agent and auctioneer in Queanbeyan, who was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1880 election.


 * Thomas Rutledge was a pastoralist who was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1877 election.

Result
James Thompson resigned.